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and especially if you're going to to talk about barack obama's objections to politics, some of those are his objections, which he starting back in the 90s in chicago, you know, he's a critic of clinton is them. he's a critic of the clinton ways, you know as doing things. and i think that is part of why the relationship with rahm emanuel is difficult. it would be time to to just describe it as these two totally different guys will of course work very well in some ways together a 900 complexities the relationship. i think part of it is the manual was trained in the clinton white house. that's where he's from and how we tested this. it's not how barack obama does business. >> if you ever want to see someone who's served in both administrations squared ask you smarter. i'll play what they say. what about valerie garrett? what is her role? >> herbalists really complicated and fascinating. valerie garrett is an old friend of the eponymous from chicago. she is their mentor. she really helped them get started politically in chicago. and she made out in the wake of a transition as a probable
and especially if you're going to to talk about barack obama's objections to politics, some of those are his objections, which he starting back in the 90s in chicago, you know, he's a critic of clinton is them. he's a critic of the clinton ways, you know as doing things. and i think that is part of why the relationship with rahm emanuel is difficult. it would be time to to just describe it as these two totally different guys will of course work very well in some ways together a 900 complexities...
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well, gosh, i wonder how will be back at the it's to the politics president park obama's backyard. i have to compliment everyone here at the institute of politics for the way the you have welcomed not just me and other members of the romney campaign. thank you for allowing conversations like this take place or we could look beyond the partisan nature of politics and have a real conversation about political campaigns and what is happening. to answer your question, we raised just under $950 million for the run the campaign. that includes money that was raised, of course, and the primary that we raised and spent in the primary. about $100 million. he looked at the overall spending of the romney campaign. about two-thirds of it really went into advertising of some kind, whether it was web advertising court tv advertising and the other sort of the largest line item was get out the vote from political outsiders, although was down to the digital came, the political field organization, but those are the two biggest line items. to raise the money. they spent the money. always a healthy deba
well, gosh, i wonder how will be back at the it's to the politics president park obama's backyard. i have to compliment everyone here at the institute of politics for the way the you have welcomed not just me and other members of the romney campaign. thank you for allowing conversations like this take place or we could look beyond the partisan nature of politics and have a real conversation about political campaigns and what is happening. to answer your question, we raised just under $950...
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. >> the roll it jesse jackson and barack obama's early political career? >> that's very unknown and i was very fortunate being able to find out about that. jesse jackson is still a highly-regarded figure in the african-african- american community in chicago and when obama started running for the u.s. senate, he was advised, go to jackson and get some help from jackson regarding foreign-policy issues, domestic policy issues, but even more important, his oratory needed some work and he thought that jesse could help them. jackson agreed to do so and every saturday for a whole year, barack obama was invited to the push rainbow meeting that jackson held, where jackson worked with obama on his oratory and his delivery of speeches. he improved tremendous lay. guess what? since he was elected president, barack obama has not invited jesse jackson to the white house once. he is totally completely cutting himself up -- cutting himself off from jesse jackson. no one seems no exact ui except that it appears that there would be a -- the object of jackson being in the wh
. >> the roll it jesse jackson and barack obama's early political career? >> that's very unknown and i was very fortunate being able to find out about that. jesse jackson is still a highly-regarded figure in the african-african- american community in chicago and when obama started running for the u.s. senate, he was advised, go to jackson and get some help from jackson regarding foreign-policy issues, domestic policy issues, but even more important, his oratory needed some work and...
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politics they will say look at north carolina and look at the virginia. the numbers are better for us for african-americans than they were last year. the state like georgia -- president obama los georgia by 5% without spending much money in georgia last time. of the numbers have changed enough there also are a lot -- we can take up the out the coalition moderate white particularly white women who are and a lot of these places like charlotte north carolina where people have come from the banking industry, which is growing or georgia, atlanta which has is a huge economic output. .. people whether they are wildly enthusiastic for president obama and thought she was going to change the world and 100 days and i think a lot of people need to remember that a lot of the changes that he was talking about that need to happen in this country and need to happen through dixie to turn georgia purple and keep north carolina and virginia blue, it's going to take more than a few election cycles, and i think far too many people have a short-term horizon. when they care abo
politics they will say look at north carolina and look at the virginia. the numbers are better for us for african-americans than they were last year. the state like georgia -- president obama los georgia by 5% without spending much money in georgia last time. of the numbers have changed enough there also are a lot -- we can take up the out the coalition moderate white particularly white women who are and a lot of these places like charlotte north carolina where people have come from the banking...
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president obama's political appointees have been notorious for their lack of private sector experience. this is unacceptable. it's fundamentally immoral to force working americans to hold down two or three real jobs just to afford the whims of the so-called experts who never really had one. we don't need obamacare to create one size fits all government run health care program. we need washington to allow a personalized private health care market to flourish and meet the diverse needs of individual patients and their families. we don't need dodd-frank to further intertwine wall street and pennsylvania avenue. we have to prieftize fannie and freddy so their funds can never again sink our economy, and we don't need unleked officials at the epa to do what our elected officials in congress rejected. we need less epa monitoring of the economy, and more monitoring of the epa's effects on our freedom and job growth in this country. i'll require sunsetting of all federal regulations unless specifically sustained by a vote of congress. under my administration, and it'll come up for review in vot
president obama's political appointees have been notorious for their lack of private sector experience. this is unacceptable. it's fundamentally immoral to force working americans to hold down two or three real jobs just to afford the whims of the so-called experts who never really had one. we don't need obamacare to create one size fits all government run health care program. we need washington to allow a personalized private health care market to flourish and meet the diverse needs of...
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if barack obama were white, if he were john kerry pursuing more or less the same politics or hillary clinton pursuing the same politics whether it is in foreign policy, domestic policy and face this kind of opposition in congress or on the street would die immediately as fried to racism? i could and sexism, i think people have real political disagreements and concerns and anxieties. there is such a thing as a panoply of opinion. but do i think that some of the opposition and some of the uglier voice is directed at obama have something to do with racism? i think it's undeniable. i don't think you can deny that at all. as for his racial identity, you know, in a large measure this is something given to you but you also have something to say about it and when he filled out his census report who am i to argue with that? is especially me. i don't know what michele would say, but these are distinctions its distinctions at all with a very slight difference. yes, that he has an african legacy although he played a role mainly in memory that in his life he experienced life as an african-america
if barack obama were white, if he were john kerry pursuing more or less the same politics or hillary clinton pursuing the same politics whether it is in foreign policy, domestic policy and face this kind of opposition in congress or on the street would die immediately as fried to racism? i could and sexism, i think people have real political disagreements and concerns and anxieties. there is such a thing as a panoply of opinion. but do i think that some of the opposition and some of the uglier...
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now sharpton with support and obama was politically immature and not to do it quietly knowing it could hurt him but he also sent there never was a generation of black mayors came to power and they didn't so he doesn't necessarily describe to it and more famously with jesse jackson who ran for president twice who was at the boys moment doing something skeptical which, of course, they all jump on but the truth was people don't give jesse jackson credit for being complicated. he was perfectly capable of appreciating barack obama, and his daughter is one of michelle obama is this friends and, on the other hand, capable of feeling i was the one who knocked down that wall, guileless the one who challenged and own listen to me and more and for only is this spring to canada it going to speak for the committee and for the underserved and a spoken for and that's what i got into this so he feels this. >> this is a theme, this decision to do this for every individual and the book not always a hard decision bernanke decision and it reveals a lot about where they were coming from. >> guest: he said
now sharpton with support and obama was politically immature and not to do it quietly knowing it could hurt him but he also sent there never was a generation of black mayors came to power and they didn't so he doesn't necessarily describe to it and more famously with jesse jackson who ran for president twice who was at the boys moment doing something skeptical which, of course, they all jump on but the truth was people don't give jesse jackson credit for being complicated. he was perfectly...
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to president obama's credit politically for years ago if you were gone in history and said a democratic governor is going to compete in virginia and north carolina, he went and won in so-called red states. i don't think he could win those three states this time by the way. it's up to mr. reichert can any to get the message to compete in those states like the northwest. we have a great candidate in washington state, so i think we can be competitive in areas that we've not won statewide elections recently. >> it's evident because we've elected so many republican governors that states that are very hard for us for president. i wonder, glenn, as we think about the u.s. senate and we all think we got this great chance to win the senate, or decrease the fat, 20 democratic seats, only 10 republican seats, i'm not sure it's that easy. what do you think the prospects are that we win a majority majority in the senate? and particularly if obama is reelected, what are the chances we'll win a majority in the senate? >> look, it's not going to be as clear-cut. in terms of opportunities for pickups, i
to president obama's credit politically for years ago if you were gone in history and said a democratic governor is going to compete in virginia and north carolina, he went and won in so-called red states. i don't think he could win those three states this time by the way. it's up to mr. reichert can any to get the message to compete in those states like the northwest. we have a great candidate in washington state, so i think we can be competitive in areas that we've not won statewide elections...
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so obama's view of black power is something that is anachronistic suitable for the politics of 1960's and 70's but is not flexible enough to take into account the changing racial and political demographics of our multicultural present. >> host: and yet he has opened the white house and made it available to people of different ideological and wide range of activist spectrum. al sharpton who was somebody who of least in the popular imagination to be considered a fiery black activist and yet he is someone who has access to the white house and has been done to see the president. what do you make of how obama has handled, been accessible and how he has reached out to african-americans? >> guest: i think again this is complicated because on both one level tease the first black president who hasn't necessarily have to do the same kind of outreach as his predecessors because he's so popular in the african-american community. i think one of the things we'll see whether it is jesse jackson or al sharpton of the congressional black caucus, they are all wondering how can say provide some kind of
so obama's view of black power is something that is anachronistic suitable for the politics of 1960's and 70's but is not flexible enough to take into account the changing racial and political demographics of our multicultural present. >> host: and yet he has opened the white house and made it available to people of different ideological and wide range of activist spectrum. al sharpton who was somebody who of least in the popular imagination to be considered a fiery black activist and yet...
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we can start with one barack obama the second, who spoke to transforming the nation's politics, and then a narrative history of wiping out politics of the past 30 years. now i have no evidence for this, but i don't think a 30 year references accident. i view obama and his presidents are keenly aware of the city of of thirty-year cycles. he's after on all an extremely educated man. believe reagan had relented country in 1980 as many suggest that we redo. this is after all the central thesis of a famous book that was another two or three biblical books of the net roots in the early 2000 commend the emerging democratic majority by john jude and roy shaw. that look true directly and realignment and suggested at some point in the 2002 as he flipped from republican dominance to democratic dominance. i think obama and his advisers believe they have captured this. having won in 2008, 20 years after president reagan, he was destined to a fixed-rate major changes in our politics. this is what help drive that majority to its doom. as a site i should note in the book i'm not just picking a president
we can start with one barack obama the second, who spoke to transforming the nation's politics, and then a narrative history of wiping out politics of the past 30 years. now i have no evidence for this, but i don't think a 30 year references accident. i view obama and his presidents are keenly aware of the city of of thirty-year cycles. he's after on all an extremely educated man. believe reagan had relented country in 1980 as many suggest that we redo. this is after all the central thesis of a...
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going to face the same political environment the president obama faces right now. meaning essentially the same kind of economic realities that he will have to work with is obama is working in right now. budget cuts, in other words, could end up determining the shape and the look of america's defense policy. in other words, you would like to have it backwards. he would like to have the perfect policy conceived by experts and there would always be the money to be able to have that kind of policy. what i am suggesting is that we have reached the point in our political and economic development where the idea of national defense, being assured of enough money to do the job, maybe the case. but i think for the first time in our history, we may be facing a moment when we really do not have the money to do exactly what it is that the experts were the political advisers to a president suggest is the best thing. the pentagon is doing its job when it comes to a scenario where every possible problem, the turmoil in the south china sea,hat we do about china, are they friends or
going to face the same political environment the president obama faces right now. meaning essentially the same kind of economic realities that he will have to work with is obama is working in right now. budget cuts, in other words, could end up determining the shape and the look of america's defense policy. in other words, you would like to have it backwards. he would like to have the perfect policy conceived by experts and there would always be the money to be able to have that kind of policy....
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historic political career at. health benefit exchange called cover california will begin next year perverting assurance to nearly 1 million californians. with the rest this decade, california will steadily reduce the number of uninsured. today a call for a special session to do with those issues that must be decided quickly if california is to get the affordable care act started by next january. broader expansion of medi-cal is incredibly complex that will take more time. working out the right relationship of counties will test our ingenuity and not be achieved overnight. given the cost involved, great prudence should guide every step of the way. california lost 1.3 million jobs in the great recession, overcoming back at a faster pace than the national average. the nuance of business and economic development, gove is, one of the good bills -- [laughter] directly assisting more than 5000 companies this past year. one of those who stand some connectors headquartered in korea were tuba city and has a santa clara coun
historic political career at. health benefit exchange called cover california will begin next year perverting assurance to nearly 1 million californians. with the rest this decade, california will steadily reduce the number of uninsured. today a call for a special session to do with those issues that must be decided quickly if california is to get the affordable care act started by next january. broader expansion of medi-cal is incredibly complex that will take more time. working out the right...
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move to the political center. this is 40 minutes. >> -- stand firm for the principles we all believe in. you can't do better than senator mitch mcconnell. [applause] [cheering] i am happy now to introduce you to david, the president of citizens united. previously he served as president and chief investigator for the center of government integrity, the government watchdog group that invested the continent and attrition. he served on numerous campaigns of conservative organizations and congressional investigations over the past 15 years. he previously served as chief investigator for the committee on government reform and oversight in the u.s. house of representatives where he led the campaign finance and chinese espionage investigation under chairman dan burton. bossie's work was recognized by cpac in 1999 when he was honored with a ralf rig and a word. he also came to a lot of people's attention after the supreme court issued its momentum citizens united case id. [applause] many people still mischaracterized that
move to the political center. this is 40 minutes. >> -- stand firm for the principles we all believe in. you can't do better than senator mitch mcconnell. [applause] [cheering] i am happy now to introduce you to david, the president of citizens united. previously he served as president and chief investigator for the center of government integrity, the government watchdog group that invested the continent and attrition. he served on numerous campaigns of conservative organizations and...
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[laughter] so, i think that the first two years of obama in a lot of ways just truth to the old political saying that one campaign is in poetry and governance in prose and what the lesson obama has learned in many hard ways over the last two years is that governing is a lot harder than talking about governing and that as much as we like to think.closing guantÁnamo with you an easy thing to do, it turns out that for all sorts of reasons, only some of which are related to the republican party, it is not. and that is a subject i spent a lot of time searching on over the last two years as i've been researching this book on the fbi. so i followed a lot more of obama's national security plans and strategies and evolution then i have some mouse the issues, which katrina and eric will talk about. the world is an immensely complicated place than we have seen no, repeatedly buffeted by global events outside of his control coming and of course when he did with the financial crisis up until in the last couple of weeks the unrest in the arab world and the earthquake in japan, that one of the challeng
[laughter] so, i think that the first two years of obama in a lot of ways just truth to the old political saying that one campaign is in poetry and governance in prose and what the lesson obama has learned in many hard ways over the last two years is that governing is a lot harder than talking about governing and that as much as we like to think.closing guantÁnamo with you an easy thing to do, it turns out that for all sorts of reasons, only some of which are related to the republican party,...
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for obama. the gentleman says that obama doesn't flip-flop, i can't think of an item he has promised during his campaign that he hasn't flip-flop on. he flip-flop on taxes. taxes are going uphill. he has unemployed people. more people are being unemployed. the economy generally is bad. i mean, i realize that you people think that most americans are stupid, and maybe you're right. i don't know. maybe i'm one of them -- >> guest: frank, let me stop you right there because i don't think americans are stupid. far from it. i have deep respect for all of the americans i met along this campaign and many others. but i don't know how -- look, the economy went south well before president obama took office. it is not clear when the economy is going to come back. they've obviously spent a vast amount of money trying to pull it back on track. it is too early to know. i don't know that you can accuse him of flip-floping because the economy isn't yet the -- isn't yet back on track. on taxes he said he was goin
for obama. the gentleman says that obama doesn't flip-flop, i can't think of an item he has promised during his campaign that he hasn't flip-flop on. he flip-flop on taxes. taxes are going uphill. he has unemployed people. more people are being unemployed. the economy generally is bad. i mean, i realize that you people think that most americans are stupid, and maybe you're right. i don't know. maybe i'm one of them -- >> guest: frank, let me stop you right there because i don't think...
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., another politically connected obama contributor who gets $1.8 billion of our money. you know the profit was? the loss, they lost 13.5 billion, 1.8, is bright source ever going to get out of that? why are we giving taxpayers' money to a family that has killed hundreds of millions of dollars? this is about crony capitalism, this isn't about starting a solar panels, it's about giving money to people who already got enough money. let them make their own of loans that they like solar panel, let them do it. but i don't understand, and you didn't look at any of the problems until we come to conclusions about oversight if you didn't with the companies where the problems originated. >> i understand your question. i think first of all, there are several investigations under way. and if we were going to get that, we would have needed the investigatory power, subpoena power, the right to demand documents. we would have taken probably many months if not the year, and we would have been going on top of the investigation. estimate very specifically the public information that is ou
., another politically connected obama contributor who gets $1.8 billion of our money. you know the profit was? the loss, they lost 13.5 billion, 1.8, is bright source ever going to get out of that? why are we giving taxpayers' money to a family that has killed hundreds of millions of dollars? this is about crony capitalism, this isn't about starting a solar panels, it's about giving money to people who already got enough money. let them make their own of loans that they like solar panel, let...
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the conditional, the sons being contingent upon the politics rather than the political climate, not just one's own individual effort is a tremendous flat to up the way we think about politics to completely push the public and that's why obama got into such trouble by saying he didn't do it all by yourself because there is a strong, strong sense of this country that we do everything by ourselves. so for me it's about excavating some of that said people can recognize so people don't get defensive back and really recognize themselves for their aspirational potential and that potential is great, but for the on the ground reality that blocks them from the team that. >> yeah, that's one thing about the 99%. at a conversation on my way over about the 99% of thought was so powerful was the recognition that for once people were looking at the true recognition that actually i really doubt -- wait, i'm a fan and the growing desire to actually be with the 99% was fascinating to me. i did think that is going to happen, but it grew as people got this knowledge that there is the small number of people
the conditional, the sons being contingent upon the politics rather than the political climate, not just one's own individual effort is a tremendous flat to up the way we think about politics to completely push the public and that's why obama got into such trouble by saying he didn't do it all by yourself because there is a strong, strong sense of this country that we do everything by ourselves. so for me it's about excavating some of that said people can recognize so people don't get defensive...
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and political discussion. president obama's former spokesman criticized the supreme court's ruling in citizens united same quote come of this decision the floodgates corporation of special interest are money into election, drowning out the voices of average americans, end of quote. but the president's criticism really is about the constitution , so i want to quote from 1976 when the supreme court was less ideologically divided. they had this to say, quote, the concept that government may restrict the speech of some elements of our society and order to enhance the relative voices of others is wholly formed to the first amendment, end of quote. since that time, individuals have exercised their constitutional right to spend unlimited funds on campaign speech so that goes back to 1976. i do not recall anyone on the other side of the aisle complaining in 2004 that george soros was quote drowning out the voices of average americans, end of quote. citizens who meaningfully participate in politics and seek to influenc
and political discussion. president obama's former spokesman criticized the supreme court's ruling in citizens united same quote come of this decision the floodgates corporation of special interest are money into election, drowning out the voices of average americans, end of quote. but the president's criticism really is about the constitution , so i want to quote from 1976 when the supreme court was less ideologically divided. they had this to say, quote, the concept that government may...
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president obama believes that from this crisis should merge a political agreement that -- addressing the underlying regional and governance issues while upholdings the sovereignty and territorial integrity. president obama is also delivered the message to the president that the drc must take concrete steps toward security sector reform and improve governance in order reach a lasting peace in the eastern drc. looking forward, we are using all the tools at our disposal to help address and thend crisis. we are monitoring humanitarian needs and working to mobilize resources to ensure continued emergency assistance to civilians in need. we are calling upon everyone involved in the conflict to maintain the current ceasefire, to permit humanitarian access, and to pursue a sustainable, political resolution through honest and meaningful dialogue. while the talks through the m23 and the drc government continue, we believe that direct dialogue between presidents is paramount to achieving a long-term do able solution in the region. some of the root causes of the conflict can only be addressed th
president obama believes that from this crisis should merge a political agreement that -- addressing the underlying regional and governance issues while upholdings the sovereignty and territorial integrity. president obama is also delivered the message to the president that the drc must take concrete steps toward security sector reform and improve governance in order reach a lasting peace in the eastern drc. looking forward, we are using all the tools at our disposal to help address and thend...
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clearly, our president barack obama is willing to sacrifice the f future for short-term political gain.rica we all know he can talk all he wants but who is not hiring in america. the president's economic advisers have lowered the book -- outlook from stable to negative status and the argument is that the s&p was underestimating thein ability of politicians in washington to fashion a compromise to curb thee deficit this and acaus change in ratings was not needed at this time because the debt was manageable and the administration had a viable plan in the works. the s&p ignore them. i am no economist or an expert but i do know thee importance of having a good credit. we'll do..elt and america's credit just went from stable to negative. americans have natalee seen but felt the consequences of barack obama's america as ronald reagan said, don't be afraide to see what you see. i believe that we are in a battle for freedom in america thed same battle thatme founded our country thismadi same that james madison reaffirmed with the bill of rights and the same battle that founded our party 1854. wisco
clearly, our president barack obama is willing to sacrifice the f future for short-term political gain.rica we all know he can talk all he wants but who is not hiring in america. the president's economic advisers have lowered the book -- outlook from stable to negative status and the argument is that the s&p was underestimating thein ability of politicians in washington to fashion a compromise to curb thee deficit this and acaus change in ratings was not needed at this time because the debt...
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this is the kind of voter that voted for barack obama, white house political what lies like david axelrod have to be worried about to say not just for the midterm elections and the president's potential reelection bid for having political support in the country to pass his agenda in the short term he has done the thing that is the most dangerous for any politician. he lost control for a large segment of the population of the image how he's been perceived. the reality is as we show in the back in the campaign he was skillful at being what george bush successfully did which is in a sense of things to all people liberals could see in his rhetoric and parts of his agenda someone who would come to the white house and enact a liberal agenda. health care is a great example. what has moved through congress is similar. there is policy differences that are not insignificant but the thrust and expense of it is similar to what he ran on some people shouldn't be surprised on the range of issues he is more liberal. at the same time one of the gifts barack obama has had is the ability to speak as a unif
this is the kind of voter that voted for barack obama, white house political what lies like david axelrod have to be worried about to say not just for the midterm elections and the president's potential reelection bid for having political support in the country to pass his agenda in the short term he has done the thing that is the most dangerous for any politician. he lost control for a large segment of the population of the image how he's been perceived. the reality is as we show in the back...
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president obama thinks it's fair to hand out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to politically connected solar energy companies that then go bankrupt. president obama thinks it's fair to tell thousands of workers that they won't have jobs because he's blocked the keystone x.l. pipeline. why? to solidify his support of a -- with a few far left environmentalists. president obama thinks it's fair that more than half of his biggest fund-raisers won jobs in his administration. that's right, more than half. that's been reported in "the washington post." president obama thinks it's fair to give important jobs to people who fail to pay their own taxes, like his own treasury secretary. and apparently president obama thinks it's fair that three years of the obama economy have left us with more people on food stamps, more people in poverty, lower home values, higher gas prices, and higher unemployment. there are many ways in which the american people's understanding of fairness differs from the way that president obama has been using the word. to the vast majority of americans, fair means
president obama thinks it's fair to hand out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to politically connected solar energy companies that then go bankrupt. president obama thinks it's fair to tell thousands of workers that they won't have jobs because he's blocked the keystone x.l. pipeline. why? to solidify his support of a -- with a few far left environmentalists. president obama thinks it's fair that more than half of his biggest fund-raisers won jobs in his administration. that's right,...
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thinking they should go women over obama. i would be wary about taking political advice from karl rove. it looked good 2004 but not afterwards. net romney appears to take advice to get the critique going. obama's tries to say of the people complained, what do you plan? >>guest: to have both war? he is planning on the iran -- iraq syndrome but if i am elected president i promise you have a war with iran, that is a different calculation. table pounding, and waving waving, apologizing for america but obama wants to have a precise discussion. where there are not that will work but that is how i see it. >> it is hard for me to see. the lights are bright. [laughter] >> international center for terrorism studies. looking for the diplomatic solution, how do do with the persistent demand with questions of the military dimension of. >> winehouse iaea is trying to get access to a military site that iran may have tested the trigger for the nuclear weapon with enriched uranium. the line has been drawn, a confrontation that is big in the j
thinking they should go women over obama. i would be wary about taking political advice from karl rove. it looked good 2004 but not afterwards. net romney appears to take advice to get the critique going. obama's tries to say of the people complained, what do you plan? >>guest: to have both war? he is planning on the iran -- iraq syndrome but if i am elected president i promise you have a war with iran, that is a different calculation. table pounding, and waving waving, apologizing for...
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i feel the same way about president obama. we can debate this until the cows come home, but john mccain on my read of this has gone back and forth on this issue when it suited his political nature. i like john mccain but he is troubled me and this issue. i like barack obama, but he's done the same thing. antonio did not go there. it's a question of which barack obama are we talking about? are we talking about barack obama that has deported more people than the bush administration did and raise the fee for the citizenship applications. don't get me started. i can go both sides and is because these politicians, that's my point -- they have moved and played this game like checkers and chess when it suited their interest in politics. it's not just john mccain. it's not -- it's barack obama as well. >> we're talking about the president obama that just one area election with 71% of the latino vote and understand we will not let him off the hook a second time. i think it is a president obama, rahm emanu-ger has el telling him its too
i feel the same way about president obama. we can debate this until the cows come home, but john mccain on my read of this has gone back and forth on this issue when it suited his political nature. i like john mccain but he is troubled me and this issue. i like barack obama, but he's done the same thing. antonio did not go there. it's a question of which barack obama are we talking about? are we talking about barack obama that has deported more people than the bush administration did and raise...
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lent more on political support, defended it, kept on tim geithner, the poster by for this. president obama got more money for wall street than any other politician in the last 20 years. moreover, while there was definitely bad actors on wall street, this narrative that was all driven by wall street greed and high finance greed and all of the rest, really doesn't track well with the actual history. the reason why we had a financial crisis, and there's lots of reasons, but the main reason was that starting in the early 1990s, the government encouraged the giving bad mortgages to people, to good people, but people who could not handle the financial weight of the mortgages. over time, lending policy by government became more and more of a social program until vast amounts of bad paper were being held by fannie mai, freddie mac, the federal housing authority and all the rest, this created a bubble in the housing market that created a bubble in bad paper that then shifted into wall street. people like barney frank and chris dodd are more to blame than ceos on wall street, and las
lent more on political support, defended it, kept on tim geithner, the poster by for this. president obama got more money for wall street than any other politician in the last 20 years. moreover, while there was definitely bad actors on wall street, this narrative that was all driven by wall street greed and high finance greed and all of the rest, really doesn't track well with the actual history. the reason why we had a financial crisis, and there's lots of reasons, but the main reason was...
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president obama needs to tell the truth. [cheers] [applause] when richard nixon tried to use the irs to target his political enemies, it was wrong. when the obama administration does it, it is still wrong. [cheers] [applause] the irs has no business asking any americans what books to read. the irs has no business asking any american what is the content of their prayers. i hope the answer to that question was forgive them, father, for they know not what they do. [cheers] [applause] you know, the irs designated special codewords to watch out for. they were codewords like constitution, bill of rights. liberty, patriot. you know what? [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> this is great. [laughter] god bless you. we looked for constitution bill of rights liberty and patriot. they were right to be afraid. so what is the best solution? the very best solution is that we need to abolish the irs. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] i have a second idea. we need to take every one of the irs agents and put them on our southern
president obama needs to tell the truth. [cheers] [applause] when richard nixon tried to use the irs to target his political enemies, it was wrong. when the obama administration does it, it is still wrong. [cheers] [applause] the irs has no business asking any americans what books to read. the irs has no business asking any american what is the content of their prayers. i hope the answer to that question was forgive them, father, for they know not what they do. [cheers] [applause] you know, the...
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. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. >> president obama today offered a deal to republicans that cut corporate tax rates in exchange for more government spending and jobs programs. he made those remarks will visiting an amazon facility in tennessee. [applause] >> hello, gen . it is good to be back in tennessee. [applause] great to be here in an amazon. i want to think bloody of with the introduction this is something here. i just finished. one little corner of this massive facility. last year during the busiest day of the christmas rush customers around the world order more than 300 items from amazon every second. the north pole the suffering here. a bunch of good-looking walls here. them before we set a one to recognize your manager mentor back. the mayor of chattanooga. and you have one of the finest and and i know. so i can hear today to talk a little more about something else discussing last week. that's what we need to do as a country to be secure a better bargain with no plans a national strategy to make toward that every single person was willing to
. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. >> president obama today offered a deal to republicans that cut corporate tax rates in exchange for more government spending and jobs programs. he made those remarks will visiting an amazon facility in tennessee. [applause] >> hello, gen . it is good to be back in tennessee. [applause] great to be here in an amazon. i want to think bloody of with the introduction this is something here. i just finished. one little...
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or any other national political figure. i don't want to glide over that one point that makes progressives not like ron paul. they love income redistribution and ron paul does not. in fact i think ron paul was a living sort of rebuke to them in a sense that it sort of proved they only care about income redistribution and don't care about peace, civil liberties and saving people from power. and the lies in the progressives, not ron paul. the fourth divide that ron paul bridges that contributes to success is he is both an incredibly intellectual politician with an incredibly emotional hold on his audience that i discovered as i met hundreds of them in researching this book. he is, as i heard people say, the only politician running for national office of whom you hear people say i heard ron paul and i went out and read a bunch of books. you're not going to hear that about obama or romney, and ron paul, not only does he write books -- his books have bib lee agoographys that point you in the direction where his ideas came from. h
or any other national political figure. i don't want to glide over that one point that makes progressives not like ron paul. they love income redistribution and ron paul does not. in fact i think ron paul was a living sort of rebuke to them in a sense that it sort of proved they only care about income redistribution and don't care about peace, civil liberties and saving people from power. and the lies in the progressives, not ron paul. the fourth divide that ron paul bridges that contributes to...
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today he spoke of the new hampshire institute of politics. this event was organized by the school's college democrats and the dnc group organizing for america. this is just under an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everybody. it's an honor and a blessing to have mayor looker here to speak this morning. he's taken time out of hisand bl schedule to be your the college of graduates. i want to provide everyone withe a little bit of background.. ae's a pound stanford alum st grudge meeting with a b.a. inng political science as well as mouth and sociology and heas a s earned a scholarship after stanforsd in which he continueds his education at the queens college of oxford universityoxfe acquired his bachelet said history and he also played varsity football while a stamford and made academic team. following his education, mayor booker created his degree at yale university involving himself in such programs as big brother and the students' association. after completion of the degree booker spend his remaining year as a newark resident
today he spoke of the new hampshire institute of politics. this event was organized by the school's college democrats and the dnc group organizing for america. this is just under an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everybody. it's an honor and a blessing to have mayor looker here to speak this morning. he's taken time out of hisand bl schedule to be your the college of graduates. i want to provide everyone withe a little bit of background.. ae's a pound stanford alum st...
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why it is in day obama part of fad or part of the political even the that has failed to help the middle-class? >> miss it pro obama collor and tae obama's? is an analysis. i felt the books being written were falling within the washington d.c. track. everything could be explained by the operatives or the politicians. but people have real movements. i thought it was important to to write a book that took the people's movement seriously. obama did not come out of nowhere. also the tea party movement. occupy wall street. that is important to look at seriously. we the people perspective. i have a lot of criticism of the president and the white house when i think he could have been tougher open the door for occupier wall street and the tea party so it is a response to wall street crimes and misdemeanors. >> what are some solutions you proposed? >> i am autozone. just giving them free money hoping they would act better. [laughter] >> they paid some of it back civic their burned out conditions. a lot of homes are under water because homes were overt evaluated. that there overcharge. a lot of banks ar
why it is in day obama part of fad or part of the political even the that has failed to help the middle-class? >> miss it pro obama collor and tae obama's? is an analysis. i felt the books being written were falling within the washington d.c. track. everything could be explained by the operatives or the politicians. but people have real movements. i thought it was important to to write a book that took the people's movement seriously. obama did not come out of nowhere. also the tea party...
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choose a political dissident. the woman, formidable woman of thailand came over to the united states to study the same program as barack obama senior from kenya. that's right. there have been other quasi-environment novellus. what he did for norman for the come of the great economists. the 1949 the word to john voight who was the first leader of the fao. with those initials right? vb 2004 was the first explosively green contemporary sense of word. 05, the international energy agency, mohamed alper rady. people wonder, is this another kick in the leg? it was. seems pretty clear. 2006, mohammed younis is the micro-lender. privacy off beaten path nobel peace prize. >> host: that was one of the things president clinton lobbied very, very hard. he had a lot of institutional support out there. >> guest: he was always advocated peace prize. i think the novell chairman says, no bill clinton can get off of us. we've done it. privately, clinton is one of the few top democrat not to be a nobel peace lawyer. they've given it
choose a political dissident. the woman, formidable woman of thailand came over to the united states to study the same program as barack obama senior from kenya. that's right. there have been other quasi-environment novellus. what he did for norman for the come of the great economists. the 1949 the word to john voight who was the first leader of the fao. with those initials right? vb 2004 was the first explosively green contemporary sense of word. 05, the international energy agency, mohamed...
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why are political candidates allowed to, you know, only use a comment like when president obama said that with infrastructure, small business would not create jobs but the business they had. i don't understand, there's no laws that would keep companies from only using part of a comment they make. the second comment i have is when it comes to super packs, i thought they were supposed to be some kind of that did not allow the head to have direct contact with mitt romney, the yankees allowed to go to a retreat that mitt romney runs. thank you. >> well, the law that allows candidates to take words out of context is the furthest amendment. in fact i love, television stations cannot reject or cannot change the contact of political advertisements submitted to them by candidates. they can and have responsibility to do so for her noncandidate adds. again, do political advertisements and negative advertisements in particular take words out of context, take claims out of context? absolutely. do other forms of political rhetoric to the? absolutely. the question about the context that groups are
why are political candidates allowed to, you know, only use a comment like when president obama said that with infrastructure, small business would not create jobs but the business they had. i don't understand, there's no laws that would keep companies from only using part of a comment they make. the second comment i have is when it comes to super packs, i thought they were supposed to be some kind of that did not allow the head to have direct contact with mitt romney, the yankees allowed to go...
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he put politics aside in his speech. it is funny because there is this caricature of obama of -- as this un-american socialist. it is an image that has been created on the right. when you saw his speech this week, that could not have been further from the truth. it was such a heartfelt, pro- american message. as he said, he was speaking to the american family, 300 million strong. barack obama sounded like ronald reagan in that speech, the president that conservatives so revered. things're looking at the they value, american values cannofor example, they gave him credit in his speech. i do not think it is going to last, but it was nice to see 419. host: what you think of the blow back that has taken place -- to see for one night. host: what you think of the blow back that has taken place with conservatives, that there have been accusations of accusations -- there have been accusations of responsibility, this sort of blow back from the cause of the shooting. guest: i watched a lot of coverage the day of the shooting and pa
he put politics aside in his speech. it is funny because there is this caricature of obama of -- as this un-american socialist. it is an image that has been created on the right. when you saw his speech this week, that could not have been further from the truth. it was such a heartfelt, pro- american message. as he said, he was speaking to the american family, 300 million strong. barack obama sounded like ronald reagan in that speech, the president that conservatives so revered. things're...
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i came to a political consciousness in virginia. i can recall many of the phrases of doug wilder's inauguration address as the first african-american governor, and my favorite moments, november of 2008, was just seconds before president obama was elected virginia turned blue. [laughter] now, i share this history precisely because it's not exceptional because we are, as african-americans by and large, southerners, and, in fact, current u.s. census data shows we are increasingly, once again, southerners in the kind of reverse migration that is happening in the past decade. virginia history is my history, but when the confederate nostalgia emerges from governor mcdonald, it seeks to profit from a history that is unrecognizably alien to me. a narrative of virginia that laments the end of slavery, that romances action against the state, and that memorializes sedition. my problem with the confederate flag is not about racism. it just isn't. i've seen the confederate flag flown in indiana. i've seen it flown in michigan. i've seen the flag
i came to a political consciousness in virginia. i can recall many of the phrases of doug wilder's inauguration address as the first african-american governor, and my favorite moments, november of 2008, was just seconds before president obama was elected virginia turned blue. [laughter] now, i share this history precisely because it's not exceptional because we are, as african-americans by and large, southerners, and, in fact, current u.s. census data shows we are increasingly, once again,...
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. >> senator cruz said president obama needs to tell the truth and he tried to target his political enemies and went the obama administration, it is so still wrong. my question to you is this. during the course of the investigation, have you talked about the president's political enemies in that we have not found anything this affect. >> he said this and i quote, i don't know about you, but i think the leader of the free world and his advisers have better things to do than dig through other people's tax returns. what they're they are doing is trying to intimidate those to outside groups and have you identified any evidence that the president or any advisers were digging through the tax returns? >> as to the other advisers, i'm not in a position to give you a definitive answer. >> okay. it has all of these substantiated accusations of five. but also, this is a committee of the united states congress and it appears that 290 applications were investigated and only 72 were read tea party applications. what i would prefer is that i could have witnesses and asked some questions about all 290 appl
. >> senator cruz said president obama needs to tell the truth and he tried to target his political enemies and went the obama administration, it is so still wrong. my question to you is this. during the course of the investigation, have you talked about the president's political enemies in that we have not found anything this affect. >> he said this and i quote, i don't know about you, but i think the leader of the free world and his advisers have better things to do than dig...
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her name of the economy and still meet the goal of politics. america cannot give in to make on the promises that it's made. despite the efforts barack obama hasn't lifted the dream that he was over the u.s. economy. nor has any of the recovery in sight. it's better a matter of time before the voters of santa a party or coalition that can restore growth and dynamism to the american economy. that day there were opportunities ahead. all the more reason for us to grow our sleeves and get to work. what america's regime look like? that work is yet to be done. we hope it will take advantage of america's size, diversity and abundant natural resources to feed and it's far more abundant in human resources to the americans want to work. it's to give them something to work for. the fourth regime shouldn't make use of the four s, federal was some, free and flexible markets plus fracking. [laughter] what the federal system sort out the competition between the bluey to devastate models. let the real energy revolution, not the phony the was paid for by the sti
her name of the economy and still meet the goal of politics. america cannot give in to make on the promises that it's made. despite the efforts barack obama hasn't lifted the dream that he was over the u.s. economy. nor has any of the recovery in sight. it's better a matter of time before the voters of santa a party or coalition that can restore growth and dynamism to the american economy. that day there were opportunities ahead. all the more reason for us to grow our sleeves and get to work....
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the obama strategy has actually been pretty effective. he is understood what the shifting demographics me for the country and for his political coalition. the key is understood the need to mobilize the groups that really make up his coalition and make sure they are enthusiastic so he has been emphasizing a lot of issues, for example, immigration, women's issues, medicare, cuts to education, tax cuts for the rich. he has been very source will about contacting his views on things with what he says are the views of the other side which are sort of embracing a host of unpopular positions and into all kinds of unpleasant things to these constituencies that he has very much double down and mobilize the base. also, the way he has tried to paint rodney as an out of touch private equity guy who would not know working-class person of that came up and put them on the nose has actually been a fairly successful strategy, particularly not only with the base but the white working-class that romney needed to reach in huge numbers to be competitive in thi
the obama strategy has actually been pretty effective. he is understood what the shifting demographics me for the country and for his political coalition. the key is understood the need to mobilize the groups that really make up his coalition and make sure they are enthusiastic so he has been emphasizing a lot of issues, for example, immigration, women's issues, medicare, cuts to education, tax cuts for the rich. he has been very source will about contacting his views on things with what he...
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you have to expect that obama share of the vote on each major group will be lower in 2012 than i was in 2008 with the exception of african-americans. the issue is he a scott brown to give. 52-point outcome of the most of any democrats who said the question is can he manage to survive because they think it will be less than it could be a lot less in the working-class white community, which is not only resistant to getting hammered economically. to be the key to victory as holding down losses in places like northern virginia to a point where he can still win by emphasizing contrast with the republican. i will have to be the key to that. one issue i was trying to allude to kind of elliptic lee alluded to in my response to roy was demographically conditions are there for the shared by minorities to go up and for the millennial formerly in more millennial figure turn 18. 15 million more eligible to vote in 2,122,008. more are eligible to vote, but denominator make it bigger, too, which is beside 2010 in awful lot of older blue-collar voters. if they really pour out in 2012 that can come e
you have to expect that obama share of the vote on each major group will be lower in 2012 than i was in 2008 with the exception of african-americans. the issue is he a scott brown to give. 52-point outcome of the most of any democrats who said the question is can he manage to survive because they think it will be less than it could be a lot less in the working-class white community, which is not only resistant to getting hammered economically. to be the key to victory as holding down losses in...
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they are literally changing the face of american politics. not too many years ago barack obama did the same kind of organizing on the south side of chicago that you are all doing today. people when he started out running for president i remember the early meetings when people said he can't win. a lot of you joined and said we are for him. he can win. he went from small in the polls to winning the presidency. people said how did he do it? person by person, door by door organizer by organizer. that is what we are building this campaign. people talk all the time about a late been the most historic campaign in a long time and it was an import he was elected by young people across the country. people don't focus on the 8 million registered voters are 18 to 21 herb weren't old enough to vote last time who will cast their first vote for barack obama. [applause] you all gets to seize the future. you get to be part of this. your older brothers and sister started and you are going to complete it. we are going to talk about all the things the president
they are literally changing the face of american politics. not too many years ago barack obama did the same kind of organizing on the south side of chicago that you are all doing today. people when he started out running for president i remember the early meetings when people said he can't win. a lot of you joined and said we are for him. he can win. he went from small in the polls to winning the presidency. people said how did he do it? person by person, door by door organizer by organizer....
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and diplomacy. >> president obama saying that the violence against women act, which passed passed last week. first authorized in 1994, to protect and support the dems of domestic violence. one of the bills offered was then senator joe biden. this is 30 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, introduced the vice president of the united states, please welcome, diane millich. [applause] be my good afternoon. i am known as diane millich, a citizen of the new indian tribe located in colorado. [applause] when i was 26 years old, i.t. did not indian, a white man. after six months, we are married. my not indian has been moved in on the reservation. to my shot, days after her marriage he assaulted me. after a year of abuse than 100 incidents of being slapped, kicked, punched and living in horrific terror i love forget. during the year of marriage i called the police many times. i caught her southern tribal police department, but the law prevented them from addressing arresting and prosecuting because he was not in the end. they couldn't help me in the beatings occurred on tribal reservation land.
and diplomacy. >> president obama saying that the violence against women act, which passed passed last week. first authorized in 1994, to protect and support the dems of domestic violence. one of the bills offered was then senator joe biden. this is 30 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, introduced the vice president of the united states, please welcome, diane millich. [applause] be my good afternoon. i am known as diane millich, a citizen of the new indian tribe located in...
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of the most impressive human beings i have seen in my life in politics. i am all struck. he's an awesome man and represents so much that is wonderful about the country. the black african father, white american mother, if that isn't the melting pot i don't know what is. raised in a nurturing a wonderful environment, mom and grandmother raised him in a loving support and nurturing environment, to columbia university and did extraordinarily well, then went to harvard. you don't get that by affirmative action. you've got to really be good. he then went and taught at the university of chicago where i taught most of my life at the university of chicago and i can assure you only geniuses or on the faculty. [laughter] just having fun. but this man is really cool. not only that if you look at his family, look at michelle obama she is not only gorgeous she is a professional, the of the two cutest loveliest family, this is ozzie and harriet on steroids. if he went to central casting to find an american hero barack obama would be right at the top of the list. this ha
of the most impressive human beings i have seen in my life in politics. i am all struck. he's an awesome man and represents so much that is wonderful about the country. the black african father, white american mother, if that isn't the melting pot i don't know what is. raised in a nurturing a wonderful environment, mom and grandmother raised him in a loving support and nurturing environment, to columbia university and did extraordinarily well, then went to harvard. you don't get that by...
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we have a tweet saying obama mabey carter if unemployment remains high and gas is at $5 a gallon. how can he possibly be reelected with the hypothetical? how do you respond? o, f rep >> guest: first of all i am not an economist for an energy expert. my hunch is you're going to be seeing an energy price come down a good bit. n't think the situation in t libya is coming to remain wheret %t is within a week or two weeks tr a month. that is justha my hunch.ke we see the oil slicks that o economists will tell you we'll have to remain extraordinarily high for about a year before itt starts having a severe economic impact. it wilel have a political impac, but before that, and in terms o unemployment, thmy general rulef thumb in the last report was 9%p the one before that was kind ofn squirrely, we have to see what that looks like.t the one before that was 98. but now it's sort of a 994. thik i think unemployment is about 98 going into the election and its went be hard for president obama to get reelected but if it drops 8wn to sort of around 8% roughly closer to 8% i think it will be ver
we have a tweet saying obama mabey carter if unemployment remains high and gas is at $5 a gallon. how can he possibly be reelected with the hypothetical? how do you respond? o, f rep >> guest: first of all i am not an economist for an energy expert. my hunch is you're going to be seeing an energy price come down a good bit. n't think the situation in t libya is coming to remain wheret %t is within a week or two weeks tr a month. that is justha my hunch.ke we see the oil slicks that o...
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background noise comes pretty much from the mainstream idea, people forming an opinion of romney and obama in someone. the fox news doesn't reach most of his people. as a loyal audience, to look at the bill of rights that shows. it gets to come the 3 million a night. we have a big country in the conservative media only reaches a tiny chunk. >> now, senator marco rubio, followed by senators rand paul the conservative political action conference and each spoke for 25 minutes. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much can i thank you. i love the hospitality, but this isn't not saturation. one should suffice. thank you so much. i'm so honored to be here to be back in cpac. maybe some of you were here three years ago. i can do hear my chances and u.s. senate were as much as my chance of winning a congress enclave. we went thanks to all of you and your political support. iran because i believe this country is extraordinary special and i believe it's in trouble and had it in wrong direction. as we gather here today, three years later i believe that more today than i did just three years ago. w
background noise comes pretty much from the mainstream idea, people forming an opinion of romney and obama in someone. the fox news doesn't reach most of his people. as a loyal audience, to look at the bill of rights that shows. it gets to come the 3 million a night. we have a big country in the conservative media only reaches a tiny chunk. >> now, senator marco rubio, followed by senators rand paul the conservative political action conference and each spoke for 25 minutes. [cheers and...
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that has been underscored by president obama and secretary carry. the kingdom of jordan is another very key u.s. partner in the region. jordan is facing its own set of political, economic and security challenges, including its border with syria. in my visit i reassured the jordanians that the united states continues to stay committed to the stability of jordan and the deepening our close defense cooperation and joint contingency planning with the jordanian military. hundreds of department of defense personnel working alongside their jordanian counterparts to enhance the border security and counter chemical weapons debilities. as president obama has said, we are also supporting the efforts of king abdullah to pursue efforts with jordan. as in israel, the civil war in syria was the focus of my discussions. as you all know, the conflict is intensifying. the possibilities of state fragmentation are increasing, as are the risks of extremism and proliferation. the humanitarian situation is worsening. the situation is complex and combustible. the united st
that has been underscored by president obama and secretary carry. the kingdom of jordan is another very key u.s. partner in the region. jordan is facing its own set of political, economic and security challenges, including its border with syria. in my visit i reassured the jordanians that the united states continues to stay committed to the stability of jordan and the deepening our close defense cooperation and joint contingency planning with the jordanian military. hundreds of department of...
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the obama administration is conducting an ongoing review of sudan policy. and i'm hopeful this review will soon yield a plan that is clarifying and galvanizing the u.s. policy. and encourages far greater multilateral support for a resolution of a crisis that has produced a man suffering. i look for to hearing from our witnesses about how u.s. plans and efforts of progressing and what more we can do. i thank you again mr. chairman. .. german other ferguson committee and senator isakson, the ranking member of the committee. i just returned as you noted from zidane last week and as a visited darfur in the self i was reminded again of the great humanitarian tragedies that have occurred in that country. many people in sudan have suffered terribly from the pain and loss that conflict brings. it is for these people, for future generations of sydney's that we are striving to make a difference. let me tell you what we want to achieve. we want the country that is governed responsively, just the democratic. a country that is at peace with itself and its neighbors that
the obama administration is conducting an ongoing review of sudan policy. and i'm hopeful this review will soon yield a plan that is clarifying and galvanizing the u.s. policy. and encourages far greater multilateral support for a resolution of a crisis that has produced a man suffering. i look for to hearing from our witnesses about how u.s. plans and efforts of progressing and what more we can do. i thank you again mr. chairman. .. german other ferguson committee and senator isakson, the...
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it's a strange political issue. what has to happen, assume president obama wins. i think the business community and the president have to try again, and i think they have to sit down and go over a set of issues. i make a different prediction than rick does. i don't think the president is going to go hog wild over regulation, but i think if he can get a dialogue going with the business community again, and he still has some phren in - friends in the business community, not a majority by any means, but some friends, if he gets the dialogue going and the business community comes to him with a common sense approach saying here's the four things most vexing to us, do you think you can work with us to fix these? i think the answer they'd hear from the president would be yes, number one, and, number two, some regulations are good for business. i don't know how many of you represent companies or do legal works for companies in the shell gas world, but when i was governor, the shell gas boom started. in 2007, we permitted 72 shell gas wells. in my last year as governor, we
it's a strange political issue. what has to happen, assume president obama wins. i think the business community and the president have to try again, and i think they have to sit down and go over a set of issues. i make a different prediction than rick does. i don't think the president is going to go hog wild over regulation, but i think if he can get a dialogue going with the business community again, and he still has some phren in - friends in the business community, not a majority by any...
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. >> get back more to politics. how do you -- we -- [inaudible] what do you think a second term for president obama -- [inaudible] -- people think at it going to be close and -- [inaudible] how do you feel about a second term for president obama and if you have any thoughts -- [inaudible] >> a bunch of questions. >> what's the second term for -- what is a second obama term mean for the labor movement, and what do you think will be some of the pluses and the conflicted and how do you feel politically as far as where things go. >> well, first of all, maybe in the future everybody can say their name. i do know the first two but give me your name and what entities your from and who you represent. i knew you two guys. first of all, i do think that president obama will win re-election. he'll be a close race. and i think it will be a close race because of the massive amounts of money and resources that will get pounded into this election. second of all i think that in some instances because of a little bit of good luck, th
. >> get back more to politics. how do you -- we -- [inaudible] what do you think a second term for president obama -- [inaudible] -- people think at it going to be close and -- [inaudible] how do you feel about a second term for president obama and if you have any thoughts -- [inaudible] >> a bunch of questions. >> what's the second term for -- what is a second obama term mean for the labor movement, and what do you think will be some of the pluses and the conflicted and how...
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recovery as he routinely places his ownideology political fortunes in a plan reelection plan for both the interest of the american people. look no further than his denial is building the keystone two pipeline. his ras all about his reelection.no nothing to do with energy independence for the americanein people. his liberal reign will end and the american people and our economy will finally be free. what we need is a candidate in she likeness and image of a i ronald reagan who has the bold difference is necessary to take obama.sack e wa we need is a fearless conservative, one with no compromises on their record, spending, health care, crony capitalism, defending america. >> michele bachmann talking to her reporters tonight. obviously a disappointing night for the woman who won the ames strawg poll. she received 5786 votes, 5% of the vote tonight.dicati >> no indication from hershey is any plans to pull out right now. we want to check the latest numbers right now as they're coming in. roughly 92% of the vote then. rick santorum beating 28,276, 20,147 for mitt romney. ron paul a 20% with
recovery as he routinely places his ownideology political fortunes in a plan reelection plan for both the interest of the american people. look no further than his denial is building the keystone two pipeline. his ras all about his reelection.no nothing to do with energy independence for the americanein people. his liberal reign will end and the american people and our economy will finally be free. what we need is a candidate in she likeness and image of a i ronald reagan who has the bold...
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politics with redistricting. of course unlike of any of the previous republican administrations. and i think the voting rights act will probably, coming out of texas or florida be the key issues over the next several years in litigations. i guess a question for anita or any others on the politicization of redistricting or whether courts or doj are better or worse. or strategic advantage? >> well, just to throw a little more uncertainty into the mix, the fact we have challenges to constitutionality of section 5 pending in the d.c. courts on the way to the supreme court and what does that mean if in two years the supreme court finds that section 5 is unconstitutional? what does that mean if any objections have been issued? there is a lot of uncertainty around the voting rights act. full disclosure. i was a attorney general for civil rights, deputy assistant attorney general in a prior administration. i did preclearance work. what i will say is that from a public point of view, if you go to the d.c. district court,
politics with redistricting. of course unlike of any of the previous republican administrations. and i think the voting rights act will probably, coming out of texas or florida be the key issues over the next several years in litigations. i guess a question for anita or any others on the politicization of redistricting or whether courts or doj are better or worse. or strategic advantage? >> well, just to throw a little more uncertainty into the mix, the fact we have challenges to...
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he vowed to the political pressures of the bush and obama administration and turned aside into on arm of the treasury. walking arm in arm with the treasury, chairman bernanke buildout of the large financial institutions, including many foreign banks. and he put the printing press into overdrive to fund the government spending and hand out cheap money to the wall street firms. instead of taking that money and lending it to consumers and cleaning up their balance sheets, the bank started to pocket record profit and pay out billions of dollars in bonuses. and now it appears that chairman bernanke was compromising the independence of the fed to get votes for his confirmation. after a meeting with chairman bernanke, the majority leader issued a statement saying that he had expressed concerns to chairman bernanke about things that the fed was not doing and that chairman bernanke committed to take action. majority leader went on to state that is support for chairman bernanke was not unconditional. i do not question the majority leader's intent or actions here and i certainly do not have a pr
he vowed to the political pressures of the bush and obama administration and turned aside into on arm of the treasury. walking arm in arm with the treasury, chairman bernanke buildout of the large financial institutions, including many foreign banks. and he put the printing press into overdrive to fund the government spending and hand out cheap money to the wall street firms. instead of taking that money and lending it to consumers and cleaning up their balance sheets, the bank started to...